''Once again, your neighborhood Blue Coal dealer brings you the thrilling adventures of the Shadow. The hard and relentless fight of one man against the forces of evil. These dramatizations are designed to demonstrate forcefully to old and young alike, that crime does not pay!

The Shadow, who aids the forces of law and order, is in reality Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man-about-town. Years ago in the Orient, Cranston learned a strange and mysterious secret, the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds so they cannot see him. Cranston's friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane, is the only person who knows to whom the voice of the invisible Shadow belongs. Today's drama, Reflection of Death.''

Brett Morrison plays Lamont Cranston AKA The Shadow, and Grace Mathews plays Margot Lane. The announcer is Andre Baruch. The script was written by Louis Vittes.

Street sounds. Footsteps clicking on a sidewalk. Newlyweds John and Nancy Craig are out shopping. Nancy spies an antique shop and they enter. Itís an atmospheric shop, dark as a tomb, with pieces on display that look like big, crouching animals. An elderly woman emerges from the depths, ready and willing to tell tales about all the pieces in which they show an interest.

A mirror catches Nancyís eye. ëíThereís a story about that mirror,íí the shopkeeper commentsÖ.ííWhat story?íí Nancy asks eagerly. ëíThat mirror was made in the days when witches were being burned, and people believed in visions. Usually.dreadful visions.íí John laughs. ëíOld wives tales.íí The shopkeeper is undaunted. ëíProbably , sir, though many men believed in them. We know better now perhaps, but it was said in those days that a mirror made as this one was, in a rather strange and horrible fashionÖshowed much more than ordinary mirrors.íí

ëíWhat did it show?íí Nancy asks, timorously. ëíThe facesÖof people about to dieÖ.of course not everyone could see those faces in the mirrorÖonlyÖ.only those who had the gift.íí ëíWell, how could they tell if they had the gift?íí ëíOh, there were many signs. Perhaps the most certain signÖíí John attempts to override her, but she continues ëíwas the ears of Pan. Ears with pointed lobesÖíí John interrupts her again, briskly. ëíNancy, do you want the mirror?íí ëíYes, John, I do.íí John hands over the money and arranges for the mirror to be delivered to their house that afternoon. As they are exiting the shop, the ribbons on Nancyís hat get caught in her ear ring. John frees it for her. ëííHere weíve been married more than a month, terribly long time, and Iíve never noticed your ears beforeÖíí ëíWhat about them?íí ëíWell, the lobes. TheyíreÖpointed.íí

Thunder rumbles briefly, and Nancy speaks dreamily of her mirror as the clock chimes eleven. John goes downstairs to lock up. Within a few seconds, the lights in the room go out. Nancy hums, speaking to herself. ëíItís funny, staring into a mirror when itís dark and you canít see anything. I wonder, am I really there in the mirror, even if I canít see myselfÖ.íí Then she gasps. ëíNoÖoh noÖ.íí She screams.

Nancy has come to the home of Lamont Cranston for help, and Margot Lane is there as well. She urges Nancy to tell her story. Nancy explains about the mirror, and then tells what had happened the night before. ëíI saw my fatherís face in it. I could see his face in the mirrorÖnot mine at allÖand it was horrible..all crumpled and distortedÖhe looked as if he were dead!íí She chokes up and tries to get hold of herself. Lamont tries to soothe her, but to no avail. ëíI wasít tired, I wasnít overwrought. I was very happy. Please, Mr. Cranston, will you come with me and look at the mirror.íí Spurred on by Margot, Lamont agrees to visit her later that day.

Footsteps going up the steps to a house. ëíWhat a lovely house the Craigs have, Lamont.íí ëíYes, lovely and old.íí They ring the bell and the butler, Clemons answers. By his sour voice one knows heís old, tall, thin and dessicated, probably with white hair and thin, pinched lips. He escorts the couple into the drawing room where Nancy awaits, somewhat sheepishly. She admits that she has calmed down and is feeling rather foolish. Lamont and Margot speak comforting to her when Clemons re-enters bearing a telegram on a salver. Nancy takes the telegram, reads it, and faints. Lamont picks it up. ëíSent from upstate New York. Says, ëRegret to inform you your father died this morning at Interlachen Hospital. Signed, Head Nurse.í Her father, Margot.íí

A door opens and Margot enters a room where Lamont is waiting. She tells him that Nany is sleeping ñ the doctor gave her a sedative. Her husband is sitting beside her like a frightened child...it's sweet. The door opens again for Clemons ñ Lamont instructs him to take the new mirror up to the attic. Clemons acquiesces with bad grace. Margot doesnít like him. ëíJust a sullen old man.íí Lamont and Margot leave the house, confident that nothing can happen that night. They leave.

Nancy Craig moans in her sleep. A low, whispering voice (not the Shadowís!) calls her name. She wakens, but can see nothing. The voice exhorts her to get up, and in her drugged state she obeys. The voice exhorts her up to the attic, and protestingly she obeysÖupstairs, into the attic. Nancy canít see anything ñ then ëíThere, there it is.íí She looks into the mirrorÖííI see a faceÖ.the face of ClemonsÖgreenÖitís so greenÖI see his neck. Thereís a rope around his neck, and itís drawn tight. Tight! And heís dead!

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Lamont has picked up Margot and they pull up in front of the Craig house in a screech of brakes. Clemons answers the door to them, more surly than ever if thatís possible. To their surprise, he leaves them in the hallway. John Craig rushes up to them, his words rolling over themselves in his agitation. Heíd been sitting downstairs, he couldnít sleep. When he went upstairs he looked in her room to see if she was all right, and she wasnít there! ëíHave you checked the attic?íí asks Lamont ëíNo, we never go thereÖ.But why the attic?íí Because thatís where the mirror is.íí Lamont says grimly.

They find Nancy Craig collapsed in front of the mirror, laughing quietly to herself. As they carry her to her room, she murmurs both laughing and crying, ëíPoor old ClemonsÖ.funny old manÖfunnyÖgreen Clemons, green, green, greenÖand the room was redÖand the furniture was so brown, brown, brownÖpoor old ClemonsÖhe looked so funny in the mirrorÖíí

Lamont Cranston pays a visit to Clemons, as the Shadow. Poor Clemons lies in bed, moaning. The Shadowís voice comes out of the darkness, demanding to know if heís been pulling tricks on Nancy Craig. ëíNo..someoneís been playingÖbeen playingÖtricksÖon meÖíí Clemons dies.

ëíIt makes a certain amount of sense,íí Lamont Cranston says a few minutes later, to the distraught John Craig. ëíShe saw Clemons in the mirror, that meant Clemons had to die. Perhaps she took care ofÖíí ëíYou donít believe that,íí John protests. ëíHave you any better explanation?íí ëíNo-oh, but Nancy isnít well, she hasnít been well. She canít be held responsible for anything sheís doneÖ.íí Margot enters the room at this moment, and she and Lamont take their leave.

ëíHome, Lamont?íí ëíNo. Upstate.íí ëíUpstate?íí ëíThe town where Nancyís father livedÖand died. I want to find out how far that mirror can see.íí

The chief of police in the town is not very helpful, except that he points out that Nancyís father was a very rich man. ëíHe came up here on a hunting trip, and died from falling off Eagleís Nest Cliff. What he was doing there nobody knows. He might have fallen off, he might have been pushed. Thatís all I know.íí Lamont thanks him. As always, he has the last word. ëíI think I know now whether he fell or was pushed.íí

ëíJust rest quietly, Nancy. Iíll be back in a minute.íí Says the loving voice of her husband. He leaves, closing the door behind him. ëíNow then, Nancyís all settledÖíí Thereís a gloating tone to his voice which isnít lost on the invisible figure of the Shadow. ëíCRAIG. JOHN CRAIG.íí ëíWhat. Whoís that?íí ëíCOME WITH ME, CRAIG.íí ëíWhoo?íí ëíTHE SHADOW OF GUILT, MURDERERíS FEAR.íí The Shadow chuckles maniacally.

Craig protests, but follows the voice up to the attic. Craig looks at the mirror in the moonlight. ëíWHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE MIRROR?íí ëíMy face!íí shrieks Craig. ëíMy own face in the mirror!íí Craig admits to murdering Nancyís father and Clemons, ëíbut I wonít hang! Iíll destroy the evidence! Iíll smash this wretched mirror into a thousand pieces!íí And he does so. But the Shadow laughs. ëíTOO LATE, CRAIG.íí ëíToo late! ëíYES. THE MIRROR HAS ALREADY SHOWN YOU YOUR OWN REFLECTIONÖOF DEATH.íí

Lamont explains how he solved the crime to Margot. Craig had killed Nancyís father and wanted to drive her insane so that he could have her inheritance all to himself. At the last Margot says, ëíYet he finally did see his own reflection, didnít he?íí ëíYes, and at that moment the murders came to an end. The end that comes to all murderers, before they die.íí

ëíTHE WEED OF CRIME BEARS BITTER FRUIT. CRIME DOES NOT PAY. THE SHADOW KNOWS. Heh heh heh.íí